I think it's a mistake for young filmmakers to just buy digital equipment and shoot a feature. Make short films first, make your mistakes and learn from them.
Jason Reitman
Related I don't want to give any advice to a 19-year-old, because I want a 19-year-old to make mistakes ... FIONA APPLE I love working with young people and young filmmakers, and I love working on first films. I think it... SIGOURNEY WEAVER I don't want to give advice to a 19-year-old, because I want a 19-year-old to make mistakes and lear... FIONA APPLE I love Pixar films; I think they're the greatest filmmakers in the world. I love Disney films. &... BILL PLYMPTON You learn from your mistakes, and I think it's a good thing as long as you learn something. YANI TSENG I remember when I first met Jason Reitman with the 'Whiplash' script; he quickly became a me... DAMIEN CHAZELLE Television and cable have become the new independent films, in a sense, for writers and actors to gr... CAMPBELL SCOTT But what if I make a mistake?' Will asked. Gilan threw back his head and laughed. 'A mist... JOHN FLANAGAN Taking chances is my job; some will connect and some won't, and certain films find their audienc... TOM MCCARTHY I think it's great to be flawed. I am hugely flawed, and I like it this way. That's the fun ... PRIYANKA CHOPRA Learn from my mistakes and you don't have to make them yourself. VANILLA ICE I truly loved Jason Reitman. I was there on his first film, 'Thank You For Smoking,' and I... SAM ELLIOTT If you look at the most meaningful science fiction, it didn't come from watching other films. We... NEILL BLOMKAMP If you don't know where you make your mistakes, that's your worst mistake: not knowing where... MEEK MILL Mistakes if taken in positive aspect, it is a lesson for wisdom & make to learn corrective steps . I... DR ANIL KUMAR SINHA It's pretty much from experience. You learn from experience. And you make mistakes ... of course you... FERGAL LAWLER We've all heard that we have to learn from our mistakes, but I think it's more important to ... NORMAN VINCENT PEALE I think there is a lot of experiences you have in coaching, and if you learn from the experiences as... JOSH MCDANIELS Don't argue for other people's weaknesses. Don't argue for your own. When you make a mistake, admit ... STEPHEN COVEY Don't argue for other people's weaknesses. Don't argue for your own. When you make a mistake, admit ... STEPHEN R. COVEY First accept your mistakes, then learn from them. JIM GENOVESE Mistakes are are vital for our success. Without making mistakes we won't realize what choices to mak... DR ANIL KUMAR SINHA I think it was more like the original Francis before The Godfather who just wanted to make personal ... FRANCIS FORD COPPOLA It's okay to make mistakes. Mistakes are our teachers - they help us to learn. JOHN BRADSHAW I know that in my past I was young and irresponsible - but that's what growing up is. You learn ... LINDSAY LOHAN As humans, we're going to make mistakes. It's what makes us human, and most of the time, the... NASH GRIER I want to solidify as an artist and show that as I grow as a person and make mistakes and learn from... EMINEM Obviously, as you grow up, no one's ever 100 percent proud of every decision that they've ma... KIM KARDASHIAN As a child you make mistakes. As an adult you learn from them. RICHARD 'GRIMESY' GRIMES Mistakes are a part of being human. Appreciate your mistakes for what they are: precious life lesson... AL FRANKEN But it's a journey and the sad thing is you only learn from experience, so as much as someone ca... EMMA WATSON Failure is enriching. It's also important to accept that you'll make mistakes - it's how... ALAIN DUCASSE It's a sin to have your films not to make money. ELLEN BURSTYN People make mistakes, it's just part of life. But, it's what we do with those mistakes that matters.... CHRIS HANKIN I'm going to make mistakes, I just have to be able to learn from them as quickly as possible. To... JEREMY LIN He was a young coach just like a young player. You make mistakes. You have to find out what's the be... MAREK MALIK When I went to film school about three years ago, the first two years you're required to make a ... JAMES FRANCO I've learned you can make a mistake and the whole world doesn't end. I had to learn to allow... LISA KUDROW Of course, I think that people are just waiting for that time when I make a mistake and they're ... JUSTIN BIEBER Well, we all make mistakes, dear, so just put it behind you. We should regret our mistakes and learn... L.M. MONTGOMERY Life is not easy for anyone. You have to have ups and downs. You can make mistakes. You learn and tr... NADIA COMANECI I like to knuckle down and get on with my job. I'll make mistakes, I'm bound to, but I'l... PAUL INCE We have to allow ourselves the freedom to make mistakes, including cultural mistakes, in our first d... GENE LUEN YANG I think documentary filmmaking is a braver way to make films because it's real, and you're r... JAMIE BELL The worst mistake you can make is underrating your enemy. Assuming that they're evil - I think i... ALAN DERSHOWITZ I think there's not a lot of real filmmakers. There are only a few people who make real cinema. ... BRUNO DUMONT It is necessary for you to learn from others' mistakes. You will not live long enough to make them a... HYMAN RICKOVER Mistakes are the best lesson when one is honest enough to admit them and willing to learn from them.... DR ANIL KUMAR SINHA I went back to Dallas for a little while to finish my short film 'Rusty Forkblade.' It was n... EVAN DAUGHERTY The thing I like about baseball is that it's one-on-one. You stand up there alone, and if you ma... HANK AARON Perfectionism is the enemy of happiness. Embrace being perfectly imperfect. Learn from your mistakes... ROY T. BENNETT I wanted to like 'Up in the Air' - I like Jason Reitman - but Vera Farmiga left me cold. ANDY KINDLER Look, you have to make mistakes. That's how you learn and that's how the world works. NAOMI CAMPBELL Everybody out here has to get better and has to rep and has to learn and has to make mistakes, make ... JOSH MCDANIELS It is an entirely selfish decision to turn producer because I want my kind of cinema to last and flo... ANURAG KASHYAP I think a show is for fun, and the thing about playing live is that you make mistakes, and that'... INARA GEORGE I believe you make your own luck. My motto is 'It's always a mistake not to go.' TOM BROKAW Learn from other people's mistakes, life isn't long enough to make them all yourself. UNKNOWN When I was young and it was someone's birthday, I didn't have the money to buy nice presents... DAVID HENRIE I try not to dwell on big mistakes but to move on when I make a mistake. I make mistakes most of the... NIKLAS ZENNSTROM The mistakes you make and lessons you learn at a young age are what gets you to an Olympic level. CAROLINE BUCHANAN That's the thing. We can't learn from our mistakes in something like this. We can't afford to make a... PETE CARROLL It was a dumb mistake. (But) I know when you're making decisions and looking at kids, you expect som... MIKE HUYGHUE Anyone can make a mistake.... It's how they learn from it and recover from it that shows their true ... JOHN FLANAGAN The only mistake I can make is not learning from our mistakes. JIM GENOVESE People make mistakes in life. You shouldn't have to live with that for the rest of your life. I ... TERRY MCAULIFFE He's going to make some mistakes. I mean he's young. It kind of comes with the territory. If he does... MARCUS COLEMAN Being afraid to make mistakes is a mistake. SCOTTIE SOMERS To make mistakes in life is a natural reoccurrence, but what if the mistakes we make are not learned... GARY F EVANS... When a team has to work over a weekend, make a high priority of being there as well, even if it'... SCOTT WEISS Being raised right doesn't mean that we won't make mistakes, it means we'll learn from them RICHARD BELLZON My home is Montreal. I will stay in Montreal and continue to make movies in Montreal. But it's a... DENIS VILLENEUVE I'm growing up and continuing to learn from my mistakes and trying not to make the same ones ove... JOHNNY MANZIEL The first step - especially for young people with energy and drive and talent, but not money - the f... CHUCK PALAHNIUK My first records are integral because I made them, you know, and I'm going to learn from those m... BILL CALLAHAN I make these little films. I'm just a working person. I just study people a little bit more. It&... JULIE DELPY I did many stupid things. I made many mistakes, but I learnt from everything. I still make mistakes;... ZLATAN IBRAHIMOVIC I go to conventions and universities and talk to young filmmakers and everybody's making a zombi... GEORGE A. ROMERO I'm very happy with the success of short films. In fact, for me, the short films make more money... BILL PLYMPTON Film has always been a really good tool for me to communicate emotion about why I create a collectio... OZWALD BOATENG No regret on being wrong or committing mistake.It's not too late to learn a lesson from mistake. Ack... DR ANIL KUMAR SINHA I like to practise. With every new piece, you make mistakes and you learn. So it's important to ... WAYNE MCGREGOR You make a few mistakes and you're not going to shoot a good score. JEFF MAGGERT Turn down the volume of your negative inner voice and create a nurturing inner voice to take it’s ... BEVERLY ENGEL I just think old old movies, they make you concentrate and pay attention so much more. They feel so ... JACK WHITE That was a big mistake and I'll just have to come back from it and learn from it. I think what happe... JEFFREY BUTTLE You learn by mistakes. When you make those mistakes, you try not to make them the third time or the ... RON JAWORSKI I'm not cynical or bitter in any way. Life's too short; you get ripped off, but if you hold ... TONY FERNANDES You must learn from the mistakes of others. You can't possibly live long enough to make them all... SAM LEVENSON After I learn more English, I'll work hard and make more films. ZHANG ZIYI It's important to let kids be themselves and to let them make mistakes. Self-discovery goes a lo... KRISTIN CAVALLARI I've learned you can make a mistake and the whole world doesn't end. I had to learn to allow myself ... LISA KUDROW NEVER WORRY WHENEVER YOU MAKE MISTAKES; WORRY ONLY WHENEVER YOU LEARN NOTHING FROM THEM. JOB LAZARUS OKELLO. I think of horror films as art, as films of confrontation. Films that make you confront aspects of y... DAVID CRONENBERG When we make mistakes, say, I'm blessed that I have an opportunity to learn from this. HOLLY NEAR I was very impressed with Davis Guggenheim's 'An Inconvenient Truth.' He's inspired ... PETER BERG People buy a cat and think, 'Oh that's a beautiful collar. I'll put that on,' but th... CELIA HAMMOND I think that the episodes are like mini horror films really; the characters make bad decisions early... DAVE ROWNTREE Don't confuse poor decision-making with destiny. Own your mistakes. It’s ok; we all make them. Lea... STEVE MARABOLI Learn from the mistakes of others, you can't live long enough to make them all yourself. ELEANOR ROOSEVELT
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JASON STATHAM Once you expose your private life, if you give one little bit, the floodgates are open and everyone&... JASON STATHAM I've just got a really bad smile. I go for the scowl instead. JASON STATHAM You should never assume about someone. JASON STATHAM I'm naturally a protective person to those close to me. JASON STATHAM The insurance of working with a big, already successful franchise just gives you the chance to do ot... JASON STATHAM Your body is like a piece of dynamite. You can tap it with a pencil all day, but you'll never ma... JASON STATHAM The most frustrating thing about injuries is that they take so bloody long to heal. JASON STATHAM I've come from nowhere, and I'm not shy to go back. JASON STATHAM Revenge is a caustic thing. I say, Breathe in, breathe deeply, let it go. JASON STATHAM How long you can continue to be good at something is how much you believe in yourself and how much h... JASON STATHAM If you're going to do something, do it with style! JASON STATHAM I love getting dressed up in a suit because I don't do it all the time. JASON STATHAM Looking good and feeling good go hand in hand. If you have a healthy lifestyle, your diet and nutrit... JASON STATHAM Human beings are attracted to novelty: to probe the 'adjacent possible.' We didn't stay ... JASON SILVA It's easy to forget, as a leader, that when employees don't get the wide view, not only does... JASON FRIED I feel like sometimes people on television shows can start taking things for granted, or they don... JASON RITTER The only reason I ever do an independent film is that I believe in it, and I think it has something ... JASON RITTER I love the feeling of having as close to a steady job as you can ever have as an actor. I'm not ... JASON RITTER I love doing television. JASON RITTER I think as far as I've been able to understand from my friends that I went to college with and t... JASON RITTER I knew I really made it when my dad saw me in London and after the performance he had no notes to me... JASON RITTER A lot of times I would go into a room and audition for whatever sitcom it was and they would expect ... JASON RITTER I've certainly auditioned for big budget studio films. I don't know if it's because ther... JASON RITTER One of the fun things as an actor is to find a character that if you were to look up a rap sheet abo... JASON RITTER Even if I tried to be my dad, it would be a mediocre, slightly embarrassing version. JASON RITTER I don't have to have any special skills or martial arts in my back pocket. JASON RITTER Acting is a craft, and you need to study to be an actor. JASON RITTER I think at a certain point actors need to start taking responsibility for the kinds of stories they ... JASON RITTER I think I would cope like anyone copes with any tragedy. I'm sure I would be very upset for a wh... JASON RITTER Both men and women are really vast and boundless and yet in many films we're told that they'... JASON RITTER I'm a bit too much of a people pleaser and that can be frustrating for people in your life. JASON RITTER